Category: Philosophy & Ethics
#§1. The generality and simplicity of the metaphysical problem make it difficult to define the study. §2. Problem is suggested by the presence of contradictions in ordinary experience. §3.. By making a distinction between reality and appearance the sciences remove some of thes...
#§1. The generality and simplicity of the metaphysical problem make it difficult to define the study. §2. Problem is suggested by the presence of contradictions in ordinary expe...
2. CHAPTER II§ 1. In the principle that “Reality is not self-contradictory” we have a universal and certain criterion of reality which is not merely negative, but implies the positive assert...
3. CHAPTER III§ 1. The traditional sub-division of Metaphysics into _Ontology_, _Cosmology_, _Rational Psychology_, common to all the great modern constructive systems. § 2. Precise sense in...
4. CHAPTER I§ 1. In a sense “reality” for each of us means that of which he must take account if his special purposes are to find fulfilment. § 2. But ultimately the world must possess a st...
5. CHAPTER II§ 1. The problem whether Reality is ultimately One or Many is inevitably suggested to us by the diverse aspects of our own direct experience of the world. The different theories...
6. CHAPTER III§ 1. Reality being a single systematic whole, the nature of its constituent elements is only finally intelligible in the light of the whole system. Hence each of its “appearance...
7. CHAPTER IV§ 1. The natural or pre-scientific view of the world regards it as a plurality of “things,” each possessing _qualities_, standing in _relation_ to others, and interacting with t...
8. CHAPTER V§ 1. The conception of things as interacting leads to the two problems of Change and Causality. The paradoxical character of change due to the fact that only what is permanent c...
9. CHAPTER I§ 1. Distinction between the experimental sciences and a Philosophy of Nature and Mind. The former concerned with the description, the latter with the interpretation of facts. §...
10. CHAPTER II§ 1. The physical order, because dependent for its perceived qualities on the sense-organs of the percipient, must be the appearance of a more ultimate reality which is non-phys...
11. CHAPTER III§ 1. The popular conception of the physical order as exhibiting a rigid mechanical conformity to general _laws_, conflicts with our metaphysical interpretation. § 2. Our interpr...
12. CHAPTER IV§ 1. Are time and space ultimately real or only phenomenal? § 2. The space and time of _perception_ are limited, sensibly continuous, and consist of a quantitative element toget...
13. CHAPTER V§ 1. The concept of _evolution_ an attempt to interpret natural processes in terms of individual growth. § 2. Evolution means change culminating in an end which is the result of...
14. CHAPTER VI§ 1. Scientific _description_ may be contrasted with philosophical or teleological _interpretation_, but the contrast is not absolute. § 2. The primary end of all scientific des...
15. CHAPTER I§ 1. The various sciences which deal with the interpretation of human life all avail themselves of the fundamental categories of Psychology. Hence we must ask how the concepts o...
16. CHAPTER II§ 1. The problem of psychophysical connection has to do with the correlation of scientific abstractions, not of given facts of experience. § 2. The “consciousness” of Psychology...
17. CHAPTER III§ 1. The “self” is (1) a teleological concept, (2) implies a contrasted not-self (where this contrast is absent from an experience there is no genuine sense of self); (3) but th...
18. CHAPTER IV§ 1. The metaphysical problem of free will has been historically created by extra-ethical difficulties, especially by theological considerations in the early Christian era, and...
19. CHAPTER V§ 1. If Reality is a harmonious system, it must somehow make provision for the gratification of our ethical, religious, and æsthetic interests. § 2. But we cannot assume that et...
20. CHAPTER VI§ 1. Can our Absolute Experience be properly called the “union of Thought and Will”? The Absolute is certainly the final realisation of our intellectual and our practical ideals...
21. CHAPTER I§ 1. The generality and simplicity of the metaphysical problem make it difficult to define the study. § 2. Problem is suggested by the presence of contradictions in ordinary exp...
22. CHAPTER II§ 1. In the principle that “Reality is not self-contradictory” we have a universal and certain criterion of reality which is not merely negative, but implies the positive assert...
23. CHAPTER III§ 1. The traditional sub-division of Metaphysics into _Ontology_, _Cosmology_, _Rational Psychology_, common to all the great modern constructive systems. § 2. Precise sense in...
24. CHAPTER I§ 1. In a sense “reality” for each of us means that of which he must take account if his special purposes are to find fulfilment. § 2. But ultimately the world must possess a st...
25. CHAPTER II§ 1. The problem whether Reality is ultimately One or Many is inevitably suggested to us by the diverse aspects of our own direct experience of the world. The different theories...
26. CHAPTER III§ 1. Reality being a single systematic whole, the nature of its constituent elements is only finally intelligible in the light of the whole system. Hence each of its “appearance...
27. CHAPTER IV§ 1. The natural or pre-scientific view of the world regards it as a plurality of “things,” each possessing _qualities_, standing _in relation_ to others, and interacting with t...
28. CHAPTER V§ 1. The conception of things as interacting leads to the two problems of Change and Causality. The paradoxical character of change due to the fact that only what is permanent c...
29. CHAPTER I§ 1. Distinction between the experimental sciences and a Philosophy of Nature and Mind. The former concerned with the description, the latter with the interpretation, of facts....
30. CHAPTER II§ 1. The physical order, because dependent for its perceived qualities on the sense-organs of the percipient, must be the appearance of a more ultimate reality which is non-phys...
31. CHAPTER III§ 1. The popular conception of the physical order as exhibiting a rigid mechanical conformity to general _laws_, conflicts with our metaphysical interpretation. § 2. Our interpr...
32. CHAPTER IV§ 1. Are time and space ultimately real or only phenomenal? § 2. The space and time of _perception_ are limited, sensibly continuous, and consist of a quantitative element toget...
33. CHAPTER V§ 1. The concept of _evolution_ an attempt to interpret natural processes in terms of individual growth. § 2. Evolution means change culminating in an end which is the result of...
34. CHAPTER VI§ 1. Scientific _description_ may be contrasted with philosophical or teleological _interpretation_, but the contrast is not absolute. § 2. The primary end of all scientific des...
35. CHAPTER I§ 1. The various sciences which deal with the interpretation of human life all avail themselves of the fundamental categories of Psychology. Hence we must ask how the concepts o...
36. CHAPTER II§ 1. The problem of psychophysical connection has to do with the correlation of scientific abstractions, not of given facts of experience. § 2. The “consciousness” of Psychology...
37. CHAPTER III§ 1. The “self” is (1) a teleological concept, (2) implies a contrasted not-self (where this contrast is absent from an experience there is no genuine sense of self); (3) but th...
38. CHAPTER IV§ 1. The metaphysical problem of free will has been historically created by extra ethical difficulties, especially by theological considerations in the early Christian era, and...
39. CHAPTER V§ 1. If Reality is a harmonious system, it must somehow make provision for the gratification of our ethical, religious, and æsthetic interests. § 2. But we cannot assume that et...
40. part 9.)The appeal to experiment is no objection to the principle. For in making the experiment we do not, of course, get out of the circle of our thoughts, and the experiment only affo...
41. CHAPTER VI§ 1. Can our Absolute Experience be properly called the “union of Thought and Will”? The Absolute is certainly the final realisation of our intellectual and our practical ideals...